Library Research Methodology
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Academic Journals
Unless you are using a Peer Reviewed database like IEEE, you must evaluate all references for: Academic content, Bias and relevance and reliability.
If unsure, check the Finding Academic Journals tutorial.
Researching a key historical figure
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and more...
- McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology (20 volume set) Main Library, Level 1, call no. 503/1
- Oxford Reference Online – Encyclopedias on a range of subject areas.
Note the source i.e. coverage in the Oxford Dictionary is not as comprehensive as Dictionary of Scientists.
See also: Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science - Times Digital Archive – The Times (London) newspaper. International but with a British focus. Covers the years from 1785-1985.
- IEEE History Center – Historical resources on key people in electrical engineering and computing.http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/
Books or ebooks
- Use a simple search in Search Guru to locate some very useful books on your topic!
Useful databases to research a key historical figure
- JSTOR
Fulltext archive (historic) scholarly journals. No access to last 10 years. - IEEE Xplore IEEE transactions, journals, magazines, conference proceedings and all current IEEE standards
- Inspec Physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology
- ProQuest (Acess dates vary), International
Some fulltext, contains several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations, mulitdisciplinary
Subject Guide |
Annette MeldrumFinding the fulltext
Some databases do not provide the fulltext article.
To locate the fulltext, use a Journal Title Search in the UOW Library catalogue.
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